Ottoman rule and transition from Iranian to Russian rule (1804–1914)
1804: Russo-Persian War begins
1813 October 24: Treaty of Gulistan, Karabakh becomes part of the Russian Empire
1815: Lazaryan School opened in Moscow
1824 October 1: Nersisyan School opened in Tiflis
1825 December 14: Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg
1826: Russo-Persian War begins
1827 October 27: Russians capture Erivan
1828 February 21: Treaty of Turkmenchay, most of Eastern Armenia becomes part of the Russian Empire 1828–1829: Over 50,000 Armenians from Ottoman Empire and Iran migrate to Russian Armenia 1828 October 9: Khachatur Abovian and Friedrich Parrot reach the summit of Mount Ararat for the first time 1836: Polozhenie (Statute) decree allows Armenian language schools in the Russian Empire, regulates the Armenian church 1840: Armenian Oblast disintegrated 1848 April 14: Khachatur Abovian disappears 1850: Erivan Governorate established 1858: Wounds of Armenia published in Tiflis
Armenian national liberation movement
1862 August 2: Zeytun uprising
1863: Armenian National Constitution
1872: Mshak starts to be published in Tiflis
1874: Gevorkian Theological Seminary opened in Ejmiatsin
1878: Russo-Turkish War begins, Kars becomes part of Russia, Kars Oblast established 1878 March 3: Treaty of San Stefano 1878, June 13 – July 13: Congress of Berlin 1881 March 1: Alexander II of Russia assassinated by anarchists, Alexander III of Russia becomes emperor 1882: Armenian newspapers and schools closed in the Russian Empire 1885: Armenakan Party founded in Van 1887: Social Democrat Hunchakian Party founded in Geneva, Switzerland 1888 April 25: Raffi dies in Tiflis
Armed movement (1889–1907) 1889 May: Bashkale clash 1890: Armenian Revolutionary Federation founded in Tiflis 1890 September 27: Gugunian Expedition 1892: Mkrtich Khrimian becomes Catholicos of All Armenians 1894 October 20: Nicholas II becomes Emperor of Russia 1894: First Sasun Resistance 1894–1896: Hamidian massacres 1895 October: Zeitun Rebellion begins 1896 June 3–11: Defense of Van 1896 August 26: Ottoman Bank Takeover 1897 July 25–27: Khanasor Expedition 1901 November: Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery 1903 June 12: depriving the Armenian Church of the right of administering its own property 1904: Second Sasun Resistance 1905 January 22: Revolution of 1905 starts in Russia 1905–1907: Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907 1905 July 21: Yıldız assassination attempt in Constantinople 1906 March: 1906 Russian legislative election 1907 May: Battle of Sulukh with the Kurds, Kevork Chavush killed. 1907 October 27: Mkrtich Khrimian dies
Second Constitution Era (1908–1914) 1908 July 3: Young Turk Revolution began. 1908 July 24: Abdül Hamid II announced restoration of the constitution. 1909 March 31: 31 March Incident 1909 April: Adana massacre 1909 April 27: Abdul Hamid II deposed from power 1911: George V becomes Catholicos of All Armenians 1912 January: Over 150 members of the Armenian elite arrested for "revolutionary" activities in Russia. 1914 February: Armenian reform package
World War I and Armenian genocide (1914–1918)
1914 June 28: Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Bosnia 1914 July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, start of the Great War 1914 August 2: Germany attacks Belgium, declares war on Russia; Armenian congress at Erzurum 1914 November 1: Bergmann Offensive, the start of World War I in the Caucasus 1915 January 17: Russians capture Sarikamish 1915 January 18: Russians capture Ardahan 1915 March: Zeitun Resistance 1915 April 24: Hundreds of Armenian intellectuals deported from Constantinople into central Anatolia. 1915 April–May: Defense of Van (1915) 1915 May 27: Tehcir Law. The mass deportation of Ottoman Empire's Armenian population begins. 1915 June: Shabin-Karahisar uprising, Musa Dagh Resistance 1915 July 26: Russians capture Manzikert 1915 September–October: Urfa Resistance 1916 February: Russians capture Erzurum 1916 April 15: Russians capture Trebizond 1916 July: Russians capture Erzincan 1916 August: Russians capture Bitlis 1917 February 23: Russian Revolution begins, Russian forces start to retreat. 1917 November 7: Bolshevik rule established in Russia. 1917 December 5: Armistice of Erzincan between Bolshevik Russian and the Ottoman Empire. 1918 February: Turks recapture Erzurum 1918 March: Turks recapture Van 1918 March 3: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Bolshevik Russia, Germany, Austria and the Ottoman Empire. 1918 April 25: Turks captures Kars 1918 May 26: Ottoman armies stopped at the Battle of Sardarabad.
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)